James A. Davidson

Hal Ashby and the Making of Harold and Maude

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The original script was sold to a major Hollywood studio virtually overnight; the screenwriter was working as a pool boy and driver for the producer; the director was considered an "acid freak" by the studio heads; the star was a 74-year-old actress who didn't know how to drive a car. The film flopped upon release but later became one of the great cult successes of all time. This is the fascinating, never before told story of the making of Harold and Maude, shot guerrilla-style in the San Francisco Bay Area by a crew of "New Hollywood" filmmakers in the winter of 1971.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9781476663210
• ISBN-10: 1476663211
• Artikelnr.: 43853468

Autorenporträt

James A. Davidson has written a number of articles for Images Film Journal and Taste of Cinema and is co-owner of Second Sight Video & Multimedia. He lives in Reno, Nevada.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Cast of Filmmakers 1.
The Chauffeur, the Pool Boy and the Screenwriter 2.
The Harold and Maude Script 3.
Selling the Script 4.
The Accidental Director 5.
The Kid Stays in the Picture 6.
The Most Difficult Part of Making a Film 7.
I Feel I Could Make This Film About as Funny as the Vietnam War 8.
Bay Area Bound 9.
The Rosecourt 10.
The Motorcycle Cop, the Ambulance and the Railcar 11.
Cat Stevens 12.
Editing the Film 13.
Dropping a Bomb and Rising from the Ashes 14.
After Harold and Maude: Hal Ashby 15.
After Harold and Maude: The Rest of the Cast and Crew 16.
The Legacy of Harold and Maude Chapter Notes Bibliography Index